TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1926
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PAGE THREE
Psychology Quiz Only One of Many Tests of Student
Answers Help Advisers i
Offering Counsel; Serve
Also to Evaluate
Endear
Psychology tests, required of all students entering the University of Karasu, are the basis for searching scientific study into the needs of form also one of the bases for forming judgments when students come to their deans or other advisers. Under no circumstance is a graduate in an intelligent student offered by the University, or forgiving a student an undue advantage.
From the scientific side, an examination, for example, of the grades of the highest and lowest ten per cent showed that of the lowest ten per cent in intelligence ratings, only 1 per cent received "A" grade in any subject, and 58 per cent received an average score of 72.9 per cent at the other end of the intelligence rating, in the upper "decile" or ten per cent, half the students received an average score of 64, and 0 per cent received an "F."
Not Sure for Individual
"Not Sure for individual
These are significant figures, and indicate that P. B. Lawson, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts, but the figures are not at all certain for any particular individual. If 58 per cent of the lowest decile received an "F" or better, 42 per cent did not receive an "F."
"These figures, then, are only an indication, and must be considered only in connection with other indices of a student's worth. In my work I must counsel with many of the students better than I do, and when a student comes to me under these circumstances I always look up his psychological rating and the transcript of his high school work. With these before me, I am ready for a personal conference, and out of it I can usually speak with the student about what a student is doing, and what he is capable of doing."
Dean J. G. Brandt of the College of Liberal Arts corroborated Doctor Lawson's explanation of the use to which the results of the psychological tests are put, and added that some of the students listed in the upper section of the office were not advised, that the results of the tests are helpful here also.
Tests Found Most Rapid "The psychological tests are of decided value in three or four respects," said the author, a psychologist based on department of psychology.
"In the first place, these tests are the quickest and most accurate means yet devised for estimating a student's capabilities. Personal evaluation by the instructor tends to become less accurate as a limit of skills than it does with the students, and prejudices or favoritism creep in to cloud clear judgment.
"No Disgrace to Be Slow"
"All persons are not of the same degree of mental alertness any more than they are all of the same physical build or strength. It is no disgrace to be in slower in thinking processes than someone else, and that work that one person can and should do, is not the work that another could do, or should attempt to do.
"Perhaps the greatest value of the intelligence tests is their use in keeping the student at the highest level of efficiency and achievement of which
"To my mind, the person socially inefficient is the one who is capable of a certain type of work, but who is content to do the easier thing."
"When a student is found to be doing poor work in his classroom, and the psychological test shows him among the best 10 per cent of 600 students, he does not infrequently develops that he is doing too much outside work, or is allowing social interests to interfere with his class work, or in some other way is becoming an aide on the prowl in school and in the school and to the state.
Hard Work a Great Help
"On the other hand, we sometimes find students rated among the lower deciles in the psychological test, who are making satisfactory grades. In investigation usually discises such instances, like circumcisions, like illness made the test an unsatisfactory one, or else good hard study is being substituted for lack of natural quickness of perception.
"The results of the psychological tests are of great value to the advisers of students, particularly when a student finds he is having trouble. Taken in connection with the grades made in high school, they indicate rather clearly whether the student is doing all that he is capable of doing.
derfully five thing to have in checking students' alibi's" continued Doctor Wheeler. "When a student is called to the denn's office because of low grades, his natural name was John. The course was too hard, or the instructor didn't explain
"The psychological tests are a won-
things, or some other excuse. If the psychological test showed a high rating we begin to suspect the student is deceiving himself when he blames the teacher. But now if we find that the student was right—the course was too hard for him.
"But after all, the students who come to the University are already a select list. Even those listed in one of our databases, the *lift* list, would measure high if psychological tests were applied to a larger group of the general population."
Recent Discoveries May Bring Nearer Conquest of Cancer
Experiments on Chickens Show White Corpuses Cause Cancerous Mass
(Science Service)
Baltimore, March 23—Facts which may bring nearer the conquest of cancer in man have recently been discovered by Mrs. Margaret B. Lewis, and Dr. John Hopkins, Howard B. Anderwent, John Hopkins graduate student. The experiment was conducted in the embryology class at Washington University in Washington heated in Baltimore.
The experiments were worked out on chickens. The cancers discovered in chickens were not exactly the same as those in man, but it is believed that*
the facts will be eagerly applied to cancer research now being pursued intensively in all parts of the world. Cancer research is one of the most important cancer in chicken is a mass of white blood cells or cornecules. These white blood cells desert their normal function and instead, run wild, multiply, and gorge themselves until they form the mass of the malignant tumor. Hercetore the nature and exact origin of cancer has not been known. The investigators also discovered that the cancer could be transmitted simply by injecting into the muscles of a well鸡, either
lood plasma. So scientists believe from cancer, scientists believe that this discovery will prove to be a very important one. Heretofore it was not known how cancers were transmitted from another or from one person to another.
Contest in Observation Will Be Held in Botany
A contest is now being conducted in the department of botany to see who can notice the largest number of plants as they come into bloom this spring.
The first record of each plant is the only one that counts. The records are entered on a botany club spring blooming chart. This chart shows who the observer is, the common name of the plant, the specific name, location, date, and remarks.
One of the members of the faculty of the department suggested the concept, which is similar to one held at Cornell university. Probably five hundred plants will be entered on the campus as a resident of the botany club, said today.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There will be an important meeting of the inter-racial commission Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in Henry house.
-Marieglorie Chadwick, chairman.
The French Club will meet Wednesday at 4:30 p. m. in room 304 Frasher hall. Prof. R. G. Mahiqie will speak on "A Trip to Nigara Falls."
The Kansas board will meet in the Journalism building at 3:30 p. m. Wednesday.
Variety tennis practices are to be held on courts 4 and 5, north of the stadium. All candidates report for game with coach from 6 to 8, p.m.-Dos Hoon, captain.
The newly elected officers of the Y. M. C. A, will meet with the advisory board at a dinner at Wiedemann's at 6:30 tonight.
The women's Cosmopolitan Club will meet with the men's club at 1653 Indiana street Wednesday, June 20. 5 p.m. to Helen-Marcell president.
On account of the Easter vacation the next meeting of the University Women's Association will be postponed until Wednesday, April 14. The women of the senior chus and Grand Chairs will be guests of the club at this meeting.
The Home Economics Club will meet Wednesday at 4:30 p. m. in room 112 Fraser hall for initiation of new members.
Talent Night Is April 16
Cosmopolitan Club Will Give Unusual Program
"What the nations sing and what the nations laugh at?" might be the sub-title of the international talent show "The Voice." The host, David Ahril 16 at Library High School.
"We hope to give an answer to such profound questions as "Would a Russian be a German?" and "Why does a Chianman laugh in his sleeve?" said P. Y. Lim, who has been on the list.
A Chinese four-piece orchestra will furnish unusual music with an orchestration of a violin and three fultes.
The Occident will be in part represented by Russian folk songs and music, such as piano by Peter Paul Chefrannoff, the Russian student who came to the University of Kansas this semester by means of the student friendship
Indian music will also be a part of the program.
The purpose of the program is to demonstrate to American students that there is more likeness than difference between people in different parts of the world, recording to Lim.
Retiring Burglar Gives Advice to Housewife
St. Louis, Mo. March 23—Having determined to go out of the burglary business, following his arrest for 100 robberies, Al Roth feels free to give advice to housewives on how to prevent future losses.
(United Press)
With Joe Patrick, his partner, Roth claims to have stolen $100,000 in household goods, and clothing, ranging in-value from fur coats to a packet of hairpins. Roth's two most important "don'ts" to housewives are:
"Don't pull all the shades down when you go away for the day and leave the house unoccupied.
"Above all, don't leave a note pinned to the mail-box or a post on the front porch, saying you'll be back in an hour."
His one piece of advice to the police on how to reduce the number of robberies is to eliminate the fences where stolen goods may be disposed of.
President Sets Example in Health Preservation
(United Press)
Washington, March 23 - Washington has always been famous as a dining out town where many men in their groups dig their graves with their teeth."
That is being changed, and President Coolidge himself is setting an example for other leaders here in death by obstinence in dining.
Sometimes the President takes his modest meal at bone before going out to dinner elsewhere. Then at the big dinner he妈 to toy with a dish or two,
This has led other men, in public life to do likewise, and nowadays it is scarcely a problem for pregnant guests with enough food. She can make her menu simple if she likes without finding anyone else at the突显ness of her identity.
or he may even pass the delicies untouched.
B. H. Deluy of Abilene, western representative of the Pictorial Printing Corporation of Aurora, Ill., will address the pharmacy students at an early date on the subject of "Ideals for Pharmacists."
B. H. DeHuy to Address Pharmacists on Ideals
DeHuy has had ample opportunity to collect material for this talk since he has visited practically every drug store of any consequence in the Middle West. He is graduate of the Public School of Miami, and was a former student class of 84, and was a former student and intimate friend of the late Dean L. E. Sayre.
LOST—In Fraser hall Friday morning, small brown seal containing about $7 in bills. Finder please call Marian Rata at 1309. M24
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MARCELLING 50c, shumpooing 50c.
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SEWING, Dressmaking, remodelling alterations. Phone 2350 Blink. 908 Maine. A6
WANTED -Student lanyard. Work done satisfactorily and prices reasonable. Also do mending. Phone 2220 White M20
LOST: A Parker fountain on Sunday in Fraser pench, candle call 2202 Blue, 1213 Vt. St, M26
Slick Haircuts and Collegiate Shines.
—Houk's Barber Shop. tf
Professional Cards
MARCEL THE EVENYTAY—AB kinds of beauty work done, Powder Box Beauty Shopee, 109.7% Mass.
LOST—Between gym and Engineer-
ing building, Daufock fountain pen.
Finder call Gaze, 412. Reward. M28
shoppe.
2185. 1025% Mass.
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How would you fit in?
If you have attended college to become fitted to enter the business world, the question you must now decide is where to start. This is a matter not to be considered lightly.
During the past few weeks, opportunities for college men in the Kresge organization have been brought to your attention in this publication. A few of the college men who are now enjoying success in this great national institution have briefly told you of their experiences.
In a very short time, we expect to have a man from your own college to interview you, if you are interested in learning, first hand, more about the opportunities offered for training and promotion in our department or for appointment. Our representative will tell you frankly whether or not he thinks you will fit in.
Upon the decision you make now probably depends your entire future career.
SIMON H. WAUGAMAN from high school teacher to manager Louisville Store
After attending Merovingian Academy and graduating from Franklin and Bancroft College, he served in the regular army and served more than two years as a captain.
"The future is unanimated as I present the initiative to keep on plugging." The man who is ambitious cannot forget that he and on top of it, the Kragen group are making a cross-culture organisation where results abide, and not inimited. Let you know.
Following the war, he taught school music and wrote poetry to make a real future for his son. He was also a graduate of "Grand In School," I loved her about the Kingsman who opened the museum that was proud not only of his talent but of his career. It proved could not store his knowledge in the stockroom of that store. "Many of my friends are the Kingsmen," he said. "They're offered to the men who are successful, give me little if any attention, give me little if any success, give me little if any success, give me little if any success." And Luck.
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Tickets at Fraser Hall Thursday and Friday
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